The Sociology of Southeast Asia: Transformations in a Developing Region

摘要

Victor King has done a great service to the social sciences and Southeast Asian studies in producing The Sociology of Southeast Asia. His book provides a very broad, accessible, and extensively referenced overview of many important themes of sociological research focused on the region from the mid-twentieth century to the present. He highlights in particular contributions of European (especially Dutch) and Singapore-based sociologists, while at the same time giving due to the very influential streams of American sociological theory and practice in the region.